1.So today I had a weird thing happen when I set off to work in the morning 2.(cold tires).. 3.upon hard acceleration from 1st to 2nd I notice that the 4.front tire lifted slightly and violently wobbled and then settled back down. This happened once again but then stopped when I started to take it easy.
I ride a ninja and my front wheel has never come up ever apart from when I've dumped the clutch at redline.
Suspension issues maybe?? I also ran really wide in a corner today - a corner where I normally take comfortably. I had to ride up onto a curb and then back down it was so bad.
Does this just sound like a bad day or is something ****ed on my bike?
1. Thats nothing weird, you just don't know how to ride, therefore the bike reacted to it.
2. Problem 1. You never full throttle on cold tires...ever, good thing you had it on a 250, i had it on a 600 and it wasn't a big deal for me due to experience of controlling wobbles, drifts what ever, but cold for a novioce.
3. This will always happen on hard acceleration on any bike from 1st to 2nd with the right conditions, that are, cold tires, hard acceleration from 1st to 2nd, on a un even pavement with sudden full throttle rip, you have to learn to be smoother in applying power.
4. This is the result, it can happen on ANY motorcycle with enough power for the bike itself, most bikes are too powerful for their weight and size.
Contribution to such wobble:
Cold tires, 1st to 2nd full throttle dump, lifting or throwing all weight off the front wheel, your hands are not equally balanced while ripping throttle one hand and holding on the other, which contributes to the wobble, and the front tire skims along on the uneven surface trying to grip with no weight so it starts to wobble, as soon as weight comes back down the wheel corrects itself.
This type of wobble is completely different from tank slappers from wheelies. Watch pro GP1 riders they get this type of wobble almost every corner braking and accelerating, but they know how to control it.
Extra Info:
If anyone has a damper, good luck saving a tank slapper, from my experience you are more lickely to save from a tank slapper without a damper then one with and relying on it, i've tested this, a damper can only handle so much, its perfect for high speed stability thats about it, when it comes to tank slappers its so heavy that your wrists almost feel like they are going to shatter because the damper eats the wobble violently and takes your hands for a ride, (Try going to a store with those dampers on top of doors and try to move it fast open and close, you can't, vs a door without, you'd have complete control on the one without it on the door, the one without you can control the speed the door opens and closes at your speed and liking and is easy on your arms, the damper system is only one speed compression & rebound anything else & it will hurt you) & you have no control over it, and you cannot control the compression of the damper taking the wobble in either, and steering becomes really heavy and painful as well, you just have to go "along for the painful ride", as for dampers don't cause wobbles, these people have never done anything but learn to pose with their bikes.
IMO riders need to learn to ride properly from day one so they don't need a damper in the first place, my bike came with a damper, i removed it, it started to piss me off, ever since that day, i control my bike not it, it taught me to have exceptional smooth throttle control, when and how to rip the throttle... fix your technique of riding like a pro, and not like the generic public by getting parts to fix your mistakes and bad habits. Only get a damper if you like going 150 + in a staight line and then go home, if you like lifting the front wheel, carving mountains and switching left to right fast, doing fast slow manuver riding don't get one just learn to ride properly and tame your beast.
